Demba Ba has promised to stay at Chelsea even if the club do sign Wayne
Rooney, claiming that the arrival of the England and Manchester United
striker will only make him a better player.

Ostensibly, it would seem that Jose Mourinho's desire to buy Rooney should raise questions over the future of Ba and Fernando Torres, but both players have stressed that they intend to stay and fight for their place in the first-team.

After scoring in Chelsea's 8-1 win against the Indonesia All-Stars on Thursday, Ba guaranteed that he would not be leaving this summer.

"I will stay," he said. "I think we need competition and we welcome the best players in this club.

"More competition is going to make me better anyway. All players want to play, not only centre forwards. We will all work in the same direction, for the club, to try and win the games."

Ba stressed that he had also been enjoying the experience of working under Jose Mourinho during these past two weeks in Asia and feels like physically he is approaching his peak.